CVE-2015-6790

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-6790
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerChrome
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-14 11:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe WebPageSerializerImpl::openTagToString function in WebKit/Source/web/WebPageSerializerImpl.cpp in the page serializer in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.80 does not properly use HTML entities, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted document, as demonstrated by a double-quote character inside a single-quoted string.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Chrome All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Google Chrome Prior to 47.0.2526.80 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:2290-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-2860-1: Oxide vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Issue 542054 - chromium - Security: properly escaped href attribute leading to offline XSS upon saving a page - ???? ** Chromium issue tracking will soon migrate to https://bugs.chromium.org (Monorail) ** ???? - Google Project Hosting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3418-1 chromium-browser af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201603-09) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:2291-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Issue 1398453005: Make WebPageSerializerImpl to escape URL attribute values in result. - Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 codereview.chromium.org
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
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